Silgoodwriterheheh - don't review me and tell me about your stories that
were taken of ffnet, that's not my fault is it? I sound bitchy when I say
this but even if you had stories they weren't better because they were
taken of ffnet! Ok?! So leave me alone! Stop reading my story if all your
going to review about is how crap it is and your sad sob story about your
fics being taken off ffnet! I don't care! If you think its so crap why did
you read it and review AGAIN?
The counter - uhhh good for you? If you think there are too many Romances, how about you go write a non-Romance? I noticed you haven't got any stories, so how about instead of telling me exactly how many Romances there are in your reviews (cause frankly I don't give a ****) you go and write a story which is not a Romance?
Disclaimer: Everything you recognize goes to the wonderful Ms Rowling! Everything you don't belongs to yours truly.
A/N - I just found out that I'm going to Perth in 5 days! Nooooo, I wont be able to work on my story which means that I probably wont be able to update until mid janruary! Even so, I will try and get you in at least one more chappie before I go away! Promise!
Ch 11 - All The Pretty Pillows
When Ginny and Louise entered the common room everyone they were instantly surrounded by people.
"You were amazing!"
"I am so jealous!"
"Where did you learn to fly like that?"
"Be my friend!"
Ginny looked at Louise, rolling her eyes. What a bunch of air heads she thought, going over to sit on one of the couches. Everyone followed her, still asking questions.
"Hey Ginny," said a familiar voice.
"Hi Harry, what's up?" Ginny asked, looking at him squarely.
"I, uh, just wanted to congratulate you on, er, playing so well today. Well, to tell the truth to congratulate you on making the team," The last sentence he said more softly.
Before Ginny could thank him, Dean Thomas plopped himself down next to her.
"Good job Ginny, reckon you could give me a few pointers?" he said, winking at her.
Ginny smiled and lay back in her seat, "I dunno Mr Thomas, are you good enough?"
"I would be for you milady," Dean replied, openly flirting with her, to Ginny's amusement. He had never given her a second glance before.
Harry frowned, Ginny was flirting and he wasn't sure he liked it. Especially not with Dean, who was a bit of a player.
Dean was about to speak again when Ginny got up off the couch and went back over to Louise, who was looking at the noticeboard.
"The dueling club is starting in a couple of weeks," Louise said, turning to look at Ginny.
"I actually can't wait. Before I wished Dumbledore hadn't come up with the idea but now that you're here, I don't mind," Ginny confessed.
"It says here you have to have a partner, need I say more?" Louise teased.
"Of course I'll be your partner! I wouldn't dream of being anyone else's!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Not even a certain Mr Potter?" Louise asked, ducking gentle slap from Ginny.
"Especially not a certain Mr Potter, what if I did something embarrassing and didn't have anyone to blame it on? With you, I'll say it's all your fault that I set the hall on fire," Ginny joked, dodging her own slap back from Louise.
They both looked at each other, eyes lighting up.
"PILLOW FIGHT!"
Ginny ran to the nearest couch and grabbed a pillow, but she was a second behind Louise who had already chucked her pillow at her.
"Argh! Louise get over here now!" shouted Ginny, falling over the back of the couch when the pillow hit her.
"You'll have to catch me first!" Louise sang out triumphantly.
Ginny grabbed another pillow and dived over the couch, crashing into various shocked looking people along the way. Louise was giggling helplessly as Ginny fell over again trying to catch her.
Ginny threw the pillow wildly at her, unfortunately she tripped at the same time so her pillow ended up hitting Seamus Finnigan in the face.
"Oops," Ginny said. Seamus however recovered his shock in an instant and sent a pillow her zooming back at her. Ginny ducked so the pillow hit Morgan Niall instead. Morgan looked up from her magazine in surprise, looking at Ginny and Seamus in confusion. The look was then replaced by one of laughter when she threw one at Seamus, but ended up hitting Parvati Patil who was crossing the room.
Parvati however started yelling at them all, so Louise threw another pillow at her to shut her up. Parvati then stopped yelling and promptly threw one at Louise. Louise, being the master of pillow wars ducked and it hit Colin Creevy. Colin of course found this as an invitation and began throwing pillows at everyone.
Within minutes the entire common room was engaged in a bloodthirsty pillow war. It was every man for himself and no one was safe.
No one noticed Ron sneak in and dart upstairs to the boys' common room, or Hermione follow him.
Ron handed her an envelope when they reached upstairs, before going into his dorm and Hermione to hers. But before she went to her bed, she placed the envelope on Ginny's pillow.
~*~*~*~
Pillows and cushions were flying threw the air nonstop. Someone had even brought some down some blankets and had bewitched them to land on top of unsuspecting people, causing them to stagger around blindly. Even the some of the cushions were spelled to hit anyone who hadn't fallen over, or who had gotten back up. Chairs and couches and tables were on their sided, some being used as safety barriers against enemy pillows.
It looked like every single Gryffindor has joined the fight.
Ginny was on her knees laughing when a pillow hit her in the back. She turned to see Harry looking grinning at her evilly.
I may like him, but he is so going down for that, Ginny thought, picking up a cushion and pegging it at him. Harry fell over with an "oof!" and tipped the chair over with him.
After a few minutes after he didn't move, Ginny worriedly walked over to him.
"Harry? Are you okay? Har-"
She didn't get the chance to finish as Harry grabbed her arm and pulled her down too, beating her with the cushion while he did it.
Then he looked at her with a glint in his eye. Ginny knew that look, it was the look Fred and George gave her before they tickled her. Ginny was one of the most ticklish people ever known, her dear twin brothers loved to tell people that.
"No Harry, no!" Ginny squealed, trying to get away. Harry grinned wider and began unmercifully tickling her. She could hardly breathe she was laughing so much, still trying to get out of Harry's unrelenting grip.
"Harry stop, (laughter) I can't (more laughter) breathe! (peals of laughter)" Ginny gasped, although still laughing madly.
Louise had spotted her and Harry and came over to help her. But she seemed to change her mind halfway and began also tickling Ginny.
No one noticed the painting of the Fat Lady swing open and admit a very angry looking woman.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" asked a cold steel voice.
Everyone stopped at once to look at Professor McGonagall glaring at them all. Unfortunately, the pillows and blankets had not stopped their mad flying about the room. Of course, no one was standing anymore, being all beaten to the ground by friends and pillows, so the pillows and blankets had no more targets.
But a certain Professor was standing with her hand on her hips, still glaring at them all, waiting for an answer.
That meant the pillows only had one target.
Professor McGonagall looked up in horror as all the bewitched bed articles came flying towards her. The students looked on in shock as their House Head was bombarded by pillows and blankets. They all looked at each other in fear, hearing her muffled shrieks as she was driven to the floor under piles and piles of blankets, and pillows charging at her again.
"You are all in big trouble! Just wait until the Headmaster hears of this!" came another muffled yell.
Every student took this moment to run towards all their dormitories, Ginny and Louise included. If McGonagall had been able to see, she would have seen a sea of bodies racing each other upstairs and into their beds and flipping the lights out. Everyone wanted to be asleep in case their House Head survived the attack enough to come confront them.
She didn't.
Ginny lay awake long after everyone had gone to sleep. Harry had treated her almost like a friend today. He had actually come up to her and laughed with her. And his expression when she had flirted with Dean! What was that about?
And Ron. What was his problem? She had pretty much apologized to him today, and she hated apologizing, even before her change. Even he knew that. She sighed and turned over onto her stomach, would they ever work things out?
Her fingers brushed something under her pillow. It felt like, paper? Ginny pulled it out in surprise. It was a blank envelope, with something inside. She pulled out the piece of paper and read the writing on it.
Ginny,
Sometimes I find myself remembering us being young. Playing in the backyard, swimming in the waterhole, teasing the garden gnomes.
These images are foggy, almost like dreams. That's the reason I pushed them from my mind, and pushed you away slowly too.
Sometimes I would look at you and see a shadow of another person, the girl I used to know. The girl who was always laughing, always smiling and happy. The girl who was never to busy to play with me. The girl who I thought of as a best friend.
Somehow I had lost that girl, through no fault of her own. When I saw that shadow of her when looking at you I would feel a pang, but I never did anything about it.
After a while even those shadows and images disappeared. I felt I had lost something but I didn't know what. I guess I forgot about you, your silence and your way of making yourself seem boring.
The past couple of days I've been seeing nothing but this girl. Except this time the images aren't foggy or distant, they are clear and real. Because the girl is right in front of me. She is older, smarter, in other words a woman.
It brings back all those memories, the memories I tried to forget. Every time I tried to push the girl away, she would bounce right back. I thought it was just a font, I couldn't understand that this was the real girl. The one I had been seeing all these years was just a cover. Like a shadow and a person. This girl was someone I had loved, someone who was my equal.
I should have been overjoyed to see someone I had unknowingly been searching for all these years. I should have welcomed you and hugged you and told you I loved you. I should have known that you would outwit and outclass me when I tried to prove you wrong. You had always been able too, but you didn't let anyone know.
I can't push you away any longer. I don't want to. I can finally see what I lost all those years ago.
My sister.
Ginny looked up, overcome with happiness and tears in her eyes. She rushed out of bed, knowing exactly where the writer of the letter would be.
Not caring if she made a sound, she ran down the stairs. She looked around the common room.
No one.
Ginny's shoulders slumped. Maybe she didn't know. Going to sit down by the fire in defeat she stumbled over a pair of feet.
Ron looked up at her in surprise. Ginny immediately sat down beside him. They both stared at each other, not moving. There were hundreds of emotions showing in their eyes, compassion, regret, sorrow, forgiveness and most of all, love.
They hugged wordlessly and didn't let go. They didn't need words; they both knew that things were exactly as they were between them before Hogwarts.
~*~*~*~*~*
That was how they were found the next morning, arms around each other, sitting by the fireplace and sleeping with their heads eachother's shoulders. Everyone who saw them smiled, they just looked so happy and peaceful together.
~~Aw, I really enjoyed writing that chapter. I hated having them fighting for too long, they're just not like that. By the way, get used to the occasional pillow fights between Ginny and Louise :D As for the H/G that you're all waiting for: I'm sorry but if I make it too soon, the fic will just get boring! I will have nothing much to write about anymore. If you don't like that, don't read it then ok?~~
***Please R&R***
icegirl-kat - it was pretty cute ay?
Rayssa Radcliffe - sorry I didn't really get around to the party. There will be a kiss soon though. . . I think
Freakyfroggurl22 - yay they're friends again!
Crazy Red- thank you! You made me feel a lot better about my flamer incident :D I'm glad you like Louise having a secret, at least I think you do. Poor Ron, he would have been very sorry if you hit a bludger at him! I'm really glad you like my story, I love reviews!
Gina - you that is a good guess but no, if I hadn't known what Louise's secret was earlier, that would have been perfect.
Dexo23 - how did it seem to be written in haste?
VoiCeZWiThiN - damn that cat! Lol. I know I wanted to make them really kiss but it was way too soon
Zeldagrl436 - he's an ass but he's an ass that gets better!
Safiya Femi - thankyou! Review more often I liked it!
LunaMoon7 - I am exactly like you H/G and Hr/R rocks!
RebelRikki - Tears? Tears?! *is touched* thank you! Wow that's really inspiring!
Hannah - its hard to say whether it's a bad or good secret, you'll have to see for yourself. I love H/G too
Midnightdreaming - thanks I'm glad you don't think its crap unlike someone else
Dracoisahottie - go the fluff! Yup, ron's shaping up now
Luvhp224 - grrrr stupid detail *rings detail around the neck* sorry sorry sorry, I'm trying but this is the furthest ive ever gotten with any story ive ever written in my life! I'm glad you liked the H/R fluff though. The realisation is that Ron realises that it is basically his fault for all their fighting.
Amanda - hehe I love puppies too
Little Wings - but then where would I go from Ginny and Harry finally getting together? Nowhere! Its one of the main plots of the story and I'm not going to get it over and done with so quickly. Sorry.
Lisa - Lou's secret will come all in good time. . . I'm glad you liked Hermione, she was a hard person to write about, I didn't think I was any good at it but thank you!
Dolphingirl79- thanks for the support - I just really hate flamers!
LiZzIe-WeAsLeY - I read your new chappie for your fic (lean on me) twas good!! In my profile you are on my fave fics list! And you're right about Louise not telling the whole truth
Eric2 - I am really sorry but Ginny was being a bit of a biatch with her hatred. . . I didn't like it that much. I want her and Ron to get along!
And also thanks to: Natzlin, Kemenran, lea, nessypotter, Danielle
The counter - uhhh good for you? If you think there are too many Romances, how about you go write a non-Romance? I noticed you haven't got any stories, so how about instead of telling me exactly how many Romances there are in your reviews (cause frankly I don't give a ****) you go and write a story which is not a Romance?
Disclaimer: Everything you recognize goes to the wonderful Ms Rowling! Everything you don't belongs to yours truly.
A/N - I just found out that I'm going to Perth in 5 days! Nooooo, I wont be able to work on my story which means that I probably wont be able to update until mid janruary! Even so, I will try and get you in at least one more chappie before I go away! Promise!
Ch 11 - All The Pretty Pillows
When Ginny and Louise entered the common room everyone they were instantly surrounded by people.
"You were amazing!"
"I am so jealous!"
"Where did you learn to fly like that?"
"Be my friend!"
Ginny looked at Louise, rolling her eyes. What a bunch of air heads she thought, going over to sit on one of the couches. Everyone followed her, still asking questions.
"Hey Ginny," said a familiar voice.
"Hi Harry, what's up?" Ginny asked, looking at him squarely.
"I, uh, just wanted to congratulate you on, er, playing so well today. Well, to tell the truth to congratulate you on making the team," The last sentence he said more softly.
Before Ginny could thank him, Dean Thomas plopped himself down next to her.
"Good job Ginny, reckon you could give me a few pointers?" he said, winking at her.
Ginny smiled and lay back in her seat, "I dunno Mr Thomas, are you good enough?"
"I would be for you milady," Dean replied, openly flirting with her, to Ginny's amusement. He had never given her a second glance before.
Harry frowned, Ginny was flirting and he wasn't sure he liked it. Especially not with Dean, who was a bit of a player.
Dean was about to speak again when Ginny got up off the couch and went back over to Louise, who was looking at the noticeboard.
"The dueling club is starting in a couple of weeks," Louise said, turning to look at Ginny.
"I actually can't wait. Before I wished Dumbledore hadn't come up with the idea but now that you're here, I don't mind," Ginny confessed.
"It says here you have to have a partner, need I say more?" Louise teased.
"Of course I'll be your partner! I wouldn't dream of being anyone else's!" Ginny exclaimed.
"Not even a certain Mr Potter?" Louise asked, ducking gentle slap from Ginny.
"Especially not a certain Mr Potter, what if I did something embarrassing and didn't have anyone to blame it on? With you, I'll say it's all your fault that I set the hall on fire," Ginny joked, dodging her own slap back from Louise.
They both looked at each other, eyes lighting up.
"PILLOW FIGHT!"
Ginny ran to the nearest couch and grabbed a pillow, but she was a second behind Louise who had already chucked her pillow at her.
"Argh! Louise get over here now!" shouted Ginny, falling over the back of the couch when the pillow hit her.
"You'll have to catch me first!" Louise sang out triumphantly.
Ginny grabbed another pillow and dived over the couch, crashing into various shocked looking people along the way. Louise was giggling helplessly as Ginny fell over again trying to catch her.
Ginny threw the pillow wildly at her, unfortunately she tripped at the same time so her pillow ended up hitting Seamus Finnigan in the face.
"Oops," Ginny said. Seamus however recovered his shock in an instant and sent a pillow her zooming back at her. Ginny ducked so the pillow hit Morgan Niall instead. Morgan looked up from her magazine in surprise, looking at Ginny and Seamus in confusion. The look was then replaced by one of laughter when she threw one at Seamus, but ended up hitting Parvati Patil who was crossing the room.
Parvati however started yelling at them all, so Louise threw another pillow at her to shut her up. Parvati then stopped yelling and promptly threw one at Louise. Louise, being the master of pillow wars ducked and it hit Colin Creevy. Colin of course found this as an invitation and began throwing pillows at everyone.
Within minutes the entire common room was engaged in a bloodthirsty pillow war. It was every man for himself and no one was safe.
No one noticed Ron sneak in and dart upstairs to the boys' common room, or Hermione follow him.
Ron handed her an envelope when they reached upstairs, before going into his dorm and Hermione to hers. But before she went to her bed, she placed the envelope on Ginny's pillow.
~*~*~*~
Pillows and cushions were flying threw the air nonstop. Someone had even brought some down some blankets and had bewitched them to land on top of unsuspecting people, causing them to stagger around blindly. Even the some of the cushions were spelled to hit anyone who hadn't fallen over, or who had gotten back up. Chairs and couches and tables were on their sided, some being used as safety barriers against enemy pillows.
It looked like every single Gryffindor has joined the fight.
Ginny was on her knees laughing when a pillow hit her in the back. She turned to see Harry looking grinning at her evilly.
I may like him, but he is so going down for that, Ginny thought, picking up a cushion and pegging it at him. Harry fell over with an "oof!" and tipped the chair over with him.
After a few minutes after he didn't move, Ginny worriedly walked over to him.
"Harry? Are you okay? Har-"
She didn't get the chance to finish as Harry grabbed her arm and pulled her down too, beating her with the cushion while he did it.
Then he looked at her with a glint in his eye. Ginny knew that look, it was the look Fred and George gave her before they tickled her. Ginny was one of the most ticklish people ever known, her dear twin brothers loved to tell people that.
"No Harry, no!" Ginny squealed, trying to get away. Harry grinned wider and began unmercifully tickling her. She could hardly breathe she was laughing so much, still trying to get out of Harry's unrelenting grip.
"Harry stop, (laughter) I can't (more laughter) breathe! (peals of laughter)" Ginny gasped, although still laughing madly.
Louise had spotted her and Harry and came over to help her. But she seemed to change her mind halfway and began also tickling Ginny.
No one noticed the painting of the Fat Lady swing open and admit a very angry looking woman.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" asked a cold steel voice.
Everyone stopped at once to look at Professor McGonagall glaring at them all. Unfortunately, the pillows and blankets had not stopped their mad flying about the room. Of course, no one was standing anymore, being all beaten to the ground by friends and pillows, so the pillows and blankets had no more targets.
But a certain Professor was standing with her hand on her hips, still glaring at them all, waiting for an answer.
That meant the pillows only had one target.
Professor McGonagall looked up in horror as all the bewitched bed articles came flying towards her. The students looked on in shock as their House Head was bombarded by pillows and blankets. They all looked at each other in fear, hearing her muffled shrieks as she was driven to the floor under piles and piles of blankets, and pillows charging at her again.
"You are all in big trouble! Just wait until the Headmaster hears of this!" came another muffled yell.
Every student took this moment to run towards all their dormitories, Ginny and Louise included. If McGonagall had been able to see, she would have seen a sea of bodies racing each other upstairs and into their beds and flipping the lights out. Everyone wanted to be asleep in case their House Head survived the attack enough to come confront them.
She didn't.
Ginny lay awake long after everyone had gone to sleep. Harry had treated her almost like a friend today. He had actually come up to her and laughed with her. And his expression when she had flirted with Dean! What was that about?
And Ron. What was his problem? She had pretty much apologized to him today, and she hated apologizing, even before her change. Even he knew that. She sighed and turned over onto her stomach, would they ever work things out?
Her fingers brushed something under her pillow. It felt like, paper? Ginny pulled it out in surprise. It was a blank envelope, with something inside. She pulled out the piece of paper and read the writing on it.
Ginny,
Sometimes I find myself remembering us being young. Playing in the backyard, swimming in the waterhole, teasing the garden gnomes.
These images are foggy, almost like dreams. That's the reason I pushed them from my mind, and pushed you away slowly too.
Sometimes I would look at you and see a shadow of another person, the girl I used to know. The girl who was always laughing, always smiling and happy. The girl who was never to busy to play with me. The girl who I thought of as a best friend.
Somehow I had lost that girl, through no fault of her own. When I saw that shadow of her when looking at you I would feel a pang, but I never did anything about it.
After a while even those shadows and images disappeared. I felt I had lost something but I didn't know what. I guess I forgot about you, your silence and your way of making yourself seem boring.
The past couple of days I've been seeing nothing but this girl. Except this time the images aren't foggy or distant, they are clear and real. Because the girl is right in front of me. She is older, smarter, in other words a woman.
It brings back all those memories, the memories I tried to forget. Every time I tried to push the girl away, she would bounce right back. I thought it was just a font, I couldn't understand that this was the real girl. The one I had been seeing all these years was just a cover. Like a shadow and a person. This girl was someone I had loved, someone who was my equal.
I should have been overjoyed to see someone I had unknowingly been searching for all these years. I should have welcomed you and hugged you and told you I loved you. I should have known that you would outwit and outclass me when I tried to prove you wrong. You had always been able too, but you didn't let anyone know.
I can't push you away any longer. I don't want to. I can finally see what I lost all those years ago.
My sister.
Ginny looked up, overcome with happiness and tears in her eyes. She rushed out of bed, knowing exactly where the writer of the letter would be.
Not caring if she made a sound, she ran down the stairs. She looked around the common room.
No one.
Ginny's shoulders slumped. Maybe she didn't know. Going to sit down by the fire in defeat she stumbled over a pair of feet.
Ron looked up at her in surprise. Ginny immediately sat down beside him. They both stared at each other, not moving. There were hundreds of emotions showing in their eyes, compassion, regret, sorrow, forgiveness and most of all, love.
They hugged wordlessly and didn't let go. They didn't need words; they both knew that things were exactly as they were between them before Hogwarts.
~*~*~*~*~*
That was how they were found the next morning, arms around each other, sitting by the fireplace and sleeping with their heads eachother's shoulders. Everyone who saw them smiled, they just looked so happy and peaceful together.
~~Aw, I really enjoyed writing that chapter. I hated having them fighting for too long, they're just not like that. By the way, get used to the occasional pillow fights between Ginny and Louise :D As for the H/G that you're all waiting for: I'm sorry but if I make it too soon, the fic will just get boring! I will have nothing much to write about anymore. If you don't like that, don't read it then ok?~~
***Please R&R***
icegirl-kat - it was pretty cute ay?
Rayssa Radcliffe - sorry I didn't really get around to the party. There will be a kiss soon though. . . I think
Freakyfroggurl22 - yay they're friends again!
Crazy Red- thank you! You made me feel a lot better about my flamer incident :D I'm glad you like Louise having a secret, at least I think you do. Poor Ron, he would have been very sorry if you hit a bludger at him! I'm really glad you like my story, I love reviews!
Gina - you that is a good guess but no, if I hadn't known what Louise's secret was earlier, that would have been perfect.
Dexo23 - how did it seem to be written in haste?
VoiCeZWiThiN - damn that cat! Lol. I know I wanted to make them really kiss but it was way too soon
Zeldagrl436 - he's an ass but he's an ass that gets better!
Safiya Femi - thankyou! Review more often I liked it!
LunaMoon7 - I am exactly like you H/G and Hr/R rocks!
RebelRikki - Tears? Tears?! *is touched* thank you! Wow that's really inspiring!
Hannah - its hard to say whether it's a bad or good secret, you'll have to see for yourself. I love H/G too
Midnightdreaming - thanks I'm glad you don't think its crap unlike someone else
Dracoisahottie - go the fluff! Yup, ron's shaping up now
Luvhp224 - grrrr stupid detail *rings detail around the neck* sorry sorry sorry, I'm trying but this is the furthest ive ever gotten with any story ive ever written in my life! I'm glad you liked the H/R fluff though. The realisation is that Ron realises that it is basically his fault for all their fighting.
Amanda - hehe I love puppies too
Little Wings - but then where would I go from Ginny and Harry finally getting together? Nowhere! Its one of the main plots of the story and I'm not going to get it over and done with so quickly. Sorry.
Lisa - Lou's secret will come all in good time. . . I'm glad you liked Hermione, she was a hard person to write about, I didn't think I was any good at it but thank you!
Dolphingirl79- thanks for the support - I just really hate flamers!
LiZzIe-WeAsLeY - I read your new chappie for your fic (lean on me) twas good!! In my profile you are on my fave fics list! And you're right about Louise not telling the whole truth
Eric2 - I am really sorry but Ginny was being a bit of a biatch with her hatred. . . I didn't like it that much. I want her and Ron to get along!
And also thanks to: Natzlin, Kemenran, lea, nessypotter, Danielle